How To Lay Out A Laminate Floor

A laminate floor can be installed over almost any subfloor.

How to lay out a laminate floor. Next cut strips of underlayment to size and lay the strips down across the exposed floor. You ll also want to tear up any carpet in the room and remove the leftover tack strips. Before choosing one brand over another find out whether it is recommended for use in a bathroom and whether there are any special considerations. Test fit some laminate planks to see how they will lay out in the room.

This will prevent damage to the tongue or groove from. Test the flooring layout. To lay laminate flooring first clear out any furniture in the room you ll be laying the floor in. Arrange planks side by side across the room.

To save the edges of the flooring boards use a tapping block or rubber mallet to tap adjoining rows together image 1. For a small to medium size room it s easiest to use the flooring itself rather than measuring and calculating. This is a list that shows you how many inches your laminate planks equal when they are put together. This will allow them to acclimate to the room s temperature and humidity.

It snaps together by lining up at an angle and then flattening out the row being installed. For example you will be able to look at this sheet and see how many inches it is when 10 planks are put together or 15 planks or 20 planks and so on. They should acclimate for at least 48 hours. If you are installing the flooring below grade or in a room like a basement with high humidity or moisture lay down a vapor barrier before you install the flooring.

You can lock the side joints together or simply butt the planks against one another. The laminate flooring in this project has a soundproof backing and wood finish.